Noirotitermes noiroti (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae): A new genus and new species from Northeastern Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 531-546

  Cancello, Eliana M ^a   Myles, Timothy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nasutitermitinae; Noirotitermes; Taxonomy; Termite; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034339826     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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